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Pekin Police Department
Thursday August 15th, 2024 :: 11:23 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 12:00AM Friday

SVRILX The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Marshall County in central Illinois... Woodford County in central Illinois... Central Stark County in north central Illinois... Northeastern Tazewell County in central Illinois... Peoria County in central Illinois...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1121 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Toulon to near Dunlap to near Canton, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Peoria, Wyoming, Bellevue, Dunlap, Hanna City, Trivoli, Castleton, Camp Grove, Peoria International Airport, and Edelstein around 1125 PM CDT. Chillicothe, Bartonville, West Peoria, Germantown Hills, Rome, and Spring Bay around 1130 PM CDT. Pekin, East Peoria, Washington, Creve Coeur, Metamora, Marquette Heights, and Sparland around 1135 PM CDT. Morton and Lacon around 1140 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Eureka, Henry, Roanoke, Washburn, Deer Creek, Varna, Goodfield, Benson and Secor. This includes the following highways... Interstate 155 between mile markers 28 and 31. Interstate 39 between mile markers 10 and 40. Interstate 474 between mile markers 0 and 14. Interstate 74 between mile markers 79 and 119.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MARSHALL, IL ... PEORIA, IL ... STARK, IL ... TAZEWELL, IL ... WOODFORD, IL

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Address/Location
Pekin Police Department
111 S Capitol St
Pekin, IL 61554

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 309-346-3132

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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